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As more divers travel to more remote destinations to experience the beauty of our underwater world, there are greater concerns regarding medical care. Eric has asked me to put together what I would consider a Medical Save-a-Dive Kit. I’ll preface this by saying I’m a cardiologist, not an infectious disease (ID) specialist. This list was put together based on my travel experiences and after discussions with one of my ID colleagues.

It looks like Nikon leaked photos of the D200, which people are speculating may be released in mid-December. We’ve cached images of the camera on a thread in our forums. Join in and help us figure out how to get the thing underwater!

The LAUPS has posted the winners of this year’s photo competition. A number of Wetpixel members placed or earned honorable mentions in the international competition. Particular Wetpixel friend and shark-lover Jim Abernethy took Best of Show with his photo of a Great Hammerhead. This year, LAUPS’s contest page features comments from the judges explaining why they chose the winning images. This is a very educational feature and something that will help future entrants to understand what makes for a “winning shot.” Continue reading for a list of the winners, Wetpixel winners (at least the ones I know) are highlighted in bold.

Alex Mustard reports on the 9th annual Visions In The Sea underwater photography conference, which took place on 22nd October in London, England. The focus of this year’s conference was once again digital imaging underwater, and in the traditions of the conference, all the presenters took a much more technical approach to their talks not necessarily showing their strongest images, but really sharing the secrets behind their pictures. The speakers included Charles Hood, Martin Edge, Peter Rowlands and Jason Isley.

The magnificent Shanghai Exhibition Centre was the venue of China’s 1st ever dive show in late September 2005. This dive expo was organised by Suntec Integrated Media and East West MICE who for the past 11 years also organised the largest dive show in Asia, ADEC. Amongst the exhibitors at the show were equipment suppliers, certification bodies, dive travel related companies, dive clubs and dive associations based in China.

Hello, guys. I will be making a few changes to the Wetpixel server over the next week, so please bear with me. Symptoms of the changes and additional server load may include sporadic downtime and/or server slowness. But don’t worry: we will resume normality as soon as possible.